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\"Where<\/a>
The Eagle and Child pub (aka \u201cThe Bird and the Boy\u201d) in Oxford, where the \u201cInklings\u201d (C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and several others) met on Tuesdays during academic terms to talk and to share their works-in-progress.
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I\u2019ve made the pilgrimage there several times. And the food\u2019s not bad, either.
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Another piece from the redoubtable Ralph Hancock<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/soulandcity\/2015\/12\/the-return-of-the-king\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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